Mahesh Madhav wrote:

>you need to have bsd be the first couple partitions. it cannot be the
>higher partitions.
>

Thanks! It looks like that was the problem, all right! The install has been
running since 1600 yesterday without a bobble (I am installing the sources
too!)

I had wondered why it worked before, but not this time. The reason is that
this time I used the current version (4.1) of the APS driver to do the
formatting & partitioning, and it insist on creating the following
partitions:

0	partition map
1	driver
2	driver (!)
3	Apple Patches

and only then will it permit you to add your own partitions! It will not
let you delete any of the above.
So I backed up to APS Driver 4.0.9, and was able to creat a smaller number
of partitions.

I have added your advice to my copy of the "Install" instructions, & I
recommend that it be added to the official copy.

>also, try the newer distros at
>ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k/
>

I'll look, but I need the sources as well as the binaries.

>
>On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to put NetBSD 1.3 onto a 1 Gig Quantum drive. At a random point
>> during the install, I get:
>>
>> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
>> pos=0, i=27, fs=/
>> alloccblk: can't find blk in cyl
>>
>> It isn't a bad disk - I tested the disk intensively with every test I own.
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> I have tried this with a Q950, a IIvx, and a IIx, not that it matters,
>> since I never got as far as trying to run!
>>
>> Have tried using both space & time optimizations - no difference.
>>
>> Dan Killoran
>>
>>
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